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pleomorphism

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pleomorphism
/plee'euh mawr"fiz euhm/, n. Biol.
existence of an organism in two or more distinct forms during the life cycle; polymorphism.
Also, pleomorphy.
[1860-65; PLEO- + -MORPH + -ISM]

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      the existence of irregular and variant forms in the same species or strain of microorganisms, a condition analogous to polymorphism in higher organisms. Pleomorphism is particularly prevalent in certain groups of bacteria and in yeasts, rickettsias, and mycoplasmas and greatly complicates the task of identifying and studying them.

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Universalium. 2010.

  
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